Survey Reveals Breath of The Wild Is the Most Beloved Game in Japan

LucasRuinedChildhood7h ago(Edited 7h ago)

BOTW aside, the overall list is quite bad. Almost no games from any region that’s not Japan (I think 5/100). Every region has its own tastes – people tend not to watch foreign movies because they’re not lip-synched to their language, Western gamers don’t always appreciate JRPGs, etc, but even so, it’s a bit extreme.

In Japan, a game being called “foreign” has traditionally been used as an insult so the results aren’t that surprising, I suppose, but it’s still a shame. https://www.wired.com/2010/…
“Yo-ge, kuso-ge, goes the saying: ‘Western game, shit game.'”

They’ve missed out on many great games over the years. I looked and apparently Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time only sold 26,000 copies in Japan over 14 months and that was seen as great for a non-Japanese game. It’s one of the best games ever made, and certainly better than Dr. Mario!

Ghost of Tsushima can make it onto the list because it pays homage to Kurosawa movies, is set on Tsushima Island and is extremely loosely based on historical events, but if you can enjoy the gameplay of GOS … why not Horizon Zero Dawn?

Survey Reveals Breath of The Wild Is the Most Beloved Game in Japan
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